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Author Owens, Sarah E., 1969- author.

Title Nuns navigating the Spanish Empire / Sarah E. Owens
Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 195 pages)
Series Diálogos Series
Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Contents Toledo to Cádiz -- Cádiz to Mexico -- The Manila Galleon -- The convent in Manila -- Literacy and inspirational role models
Summary Nuns Navigating the Spanish Empire tells the remarkable story of a group of nuns who traveled halfway around the globe in the seventeenth century to establish the first female Franciscan convent in the Far East
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 27, 2017)
SUBJECT Jerónima de la Asunción, 1555-1630 -- Biography
Manila. gnd
Jerónima de la Asunción 1555-1630 gnd
Birgittenkloster Uden gnd
Franziskanerinnen. gnd
Subject Nuns -- Philippines -- Manila -- History
Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Philippines -- Manila -- History
Nuns -- Spain -- Toledo -- History
Nuns -- Travel
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
Monasticism and religious orders for women
Nuns
Schiffsreise
Philippines -- Manila
Spain -- Toledo
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017051135
ISBN 9780826358950
0826358950